How to Use self-report in a Sentence

self-report

noun
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  • Still, farmers in Minnesota, who count among some of the biggest water users, are allowed to self-report their use.
    — Dionne Searcey, New York Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • But these are largely self-reported, meaning some ads can slip through the company’s cracks.
    — Vittoria Elliott, WIRED, 18 Dec. 2023
  • As in Dane County, the city relies on officers to self-report their ability.
    — Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Rather than asking a subject to self-report, the device would get a signal directly from the neurons themselves.
    — Hannah Docter-Loeb, Scientific American, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Despite this risk, most states rely on farmers to self-report infections among their herds.
    — Keren Landman, Vox, 10 Sep. 2024
  • At the end of 2023, a threat actor reported one of their breached victims to the SEC for failing to self-report the incident after the company refused to pay their ransom.
    — Mike Lefebvre, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The Republic built its 2024 list of the state's biggest employers off numbers self-reported by the companies.
    — Russ Wiles, The Arizona Republic, 3 Sep. 2024
  • Cooper is allowing Barnett to self-report to prison, but he apparently hasn't been ordered to do so yet.
    — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 11 July 2023
  • Interestingly, the researchers did not find differences in the boys' self-reports of distress.
    — Diana Kwon, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Since the height data was self-reported, some of the shrinkage was attributed to people finally being honest about their heights.
    — Devika Rao, theweek, 7 Jan. 2024
  • The department relies on deputies to self-report their ability to speak languages other than English.
    — Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 9 June 2023
  • It should be noted that streaming viewership numbers self-reported by platforms still come with many caveats.
    — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 14 May 2024
  • Florida theme parks must self-report to the state each quarter guest injuries that require at least 24 hours of hospitalization.
    — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 18 July 2024
  • The group’s membership, which carries about 90% of global container traffic, self-reports their losses in a survey each year.
    — Manuel Valdes, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The group's membership, which carries about 90% of global container traffic, self-reports their losses in a survey each year.
    — CBS News, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The statistics are self-reported by the different agencies, and those agencies are not required to participate, which leaves some gaps in the data.
    — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 3 Sep. 2024
  • University of Bristol Because dogs can't self-report on their degree of optimism or pessimism, the researchers came up with a proxy.
    — Michael Franco, New Atlas, 22 July 2024
  • Food allergies were less common than previous research has found, affecting about 4% of the kids in the study, about half the amount seen in studies where people self-report their allergies.
    — Kaitlin Sullivan, NBC News, 25 July 2023
  • An aide to Gloria said the mayor self-reported the payments beginning last May, after the Union-Tribune raised questions about the contributions.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Nearly all were based on self-reports of physical activity, a measure that is not exact.
    — Lydia Denworth, Scientific American, 1 May 2023
  • Online age restrictions are largely futile since most sites, including Google, have users self-report their ages.
    — Rachyl Jones, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2023
  • And naming a victor proved controversial in the birdwatching world, where species listing is self-reported, and there is no true referee.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The participants were also asked to self-report depression and mania symptoms every two weeks over the same nine-month period.
    — New Atlas, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Yu will be required to self-report to the Medical Board of California, which will determine whether she will be allowed to continue her practice.
    — Camila Bernal, CNN, 6 Apr. 2023
  • Sore throat is a very common and non-specific symptom—a symptom that is self-reported and doesn't indicate a specific disease.
    — Leah Groth, Health, 16 Dec. 2023
  • However, the results of a separate survey published that same year were more promising: In most cases, the patients self-reported that their results lasted at least 12 years.
    — Elizabeth Siegel, Allure, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Over the course of seven months, the participants submitted their vital signs collected by the ring and stored in a phone app, and also self-reported their emotions and mental health in daily surveys.
    — Irene Wright, Sacramento Bee, 8 Feb. 2024
  • If concussions are so dangerous, why aren’t players willing to self-report symptoms?
    — James M. Smoliga, Dvm, Ars Technica, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Yet self-report surveys like this one are notoriously subject to bias, and the selection of survey respondents—dog-owning employees—almost guarantees results that affirm the benefits of dogs at work.
    — Jessica Pierce, TIME, 15 Dec. 2024
  • The participants self-reported their dark chocolate consumption and diabetes status.
    — Melissa Rudy, Fox News, 6 Dec. 2024

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